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Jigsaw Puzzles

2011-2013

software games graphics
A classical jigsaw puzzle.
A classical jigsaw puzzle.
Procedurally generated image with a wide variety of colors smoothly blended.
Procedurally generated image with a wide variety of colors smoothly blended.
Free form peg puzzle with a manhattan distance voronoi image.
Free form peg puzzle with a manhattan distance voronoi image.
Select one of many tilings each individually adjustable.
Select one of many tilings each individually adjustable.
If you do not provide the picture, the software will generate one.
If you do not provide the picture, the software will generate one.

I set off to build a piece of software to assist the tedious sorting typically involved in solving a jigsaw puzzle. Once I got started the ideas and possibilities grew and it shifted into a classical puzzle game instead.

The model for generating puzzles is written in C++ and pretty much make no more assumptions than the fact that pieces have edges and connect to each other. Supporting a multitude of puzzle styles and different edge shapes is easy. The game logic and GUI is written in Java.

A picture for the puzzle can be procedurally generated with one of the built-in functions or loaded from an external file. There is also a multitude of methods to generate different tilings and edges.